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Asterix at the Olympic Games
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Asterix at the Olympic Games is a 2008 comedy, adventure, and fantasy film produced by Pathé. The movie, which has a runtime of 116 minutes, was directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann. The screenplay was written by Thierry Arbogast and Thomas Langmann, with music composed by Frédéric Talgorn. The cast includes Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Delon, and Benoît Poelvoorde. Filming took place in Almería, Spain, and the narrative is set in Ancient Greece.
The film originated in France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. It was distributed by Pathé, Netflix, and Disney+ in video on demand format. Production companies involved include Pathé Renn Productions, La Petite Reine, TF1 Films Production, and Tripictures. The film has a budget of 97,250,400 and a box office revenue of 131,856,927. It received a rating of 5.2 from 35,083 votes on IMDb.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2008 films, 2008 French films and 2008 French-language films.
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5.2Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
Cast
- Gérard Depardieu as Obélix
- Clovis Cornillac as Astérix
- José Garcia as Couverdepus
- Franck Dubosc as Assurancetourix
- Stéphane Rousseau as Alafolix
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Panoramix
Themes
- colosseum
- wild boar
- magic
- competition
- olympic games
- greece
- emperor
- horse
- roman
- governance
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Ratings
IMDb
5.2/10
34,380 votes
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- Not Rated
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Frédéric Forestier Thomas Langmann
- Screenplay by
- Alexandre Charlot Thomas Langmann Frank Magnier
- Based on
- Asterix at the Olympic Games , by René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo
- Produced by
- Thomas Langmann Jérôme Seydoux
- Starring
- Gérard Depardieu Clovis Cornillac Benoît Poelvoorde Alain Delon Vanessa Hessler Franck Dubosc José Garcia Stéphane Rousseau Jean-Pierre Cassel Élie Semoun Alexandre Astier
- Cinematography
- Thierry Arbogast
- Edited by
- Yannick Kergoat Vincent Tabaillon
- Music by
- Frédéric Talgorn
- Production companies
- Pathé Renn Productions La Petite Reine
- Distributed by
- Pathé Distribution (France, Switzerland and United Kingdom), Constantin Film (Germany and Austria) , Tripictures (Spain) , Warner Bros. Pictures (Italy)
- Release date
- January 30, 2008 ( 2008-01-30 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Countries
- France Spain Germany Italy
- Languages
- French, Portuguese
- Budget
- $113.5 million
- Box office
- $133 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Followed by
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia
- Based on
- Asterix at the Olympic Games
- Director
- Thomas Langmann
- Cast member
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Composer
- Frédéric Talgorn
- Producer
- Thomas Langmann
- Production company
- Pathé
- Cinematographer
- Thierry Arbogast
- Narrative location
- Ancient Greece
- Filming location
- Almería
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 466912
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Asterix.svg
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- publication date
- 2008-02-08
- title
- Astérix aux Jeux olympiques
- production designer
- Thierry Arbogast
- distributed by
- Disney+
- capital cost
- 78000000
- box office
- 13202873
- Commons category
- Astérix aux Jeux olympiques
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Encyclopedic overview
Asterix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux olympiques) is a 2008 fantasy comedy film co–directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, and written by Langmann, Alexandre Charlot and Frank Magnier, based on characters from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series. A sequel to Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), it is the third installment in the Asterix film series.
At the time of its release, it was the most expensive French and non English-language film of all time. The film was negatively received by critics, but performed well at several European box offices, topping charts in Poland, Spain and France. Gérard Depardieu reprises his role as Obelix from the two previous live-action Asterix films, though the role of Asterix is taken over by Clovis Cornillac, replacing Christian Clavier. The film features Alain Delon's last acting performance (though he did appear as himself in two further films). It is also the final film of actors Jean-Pierre Cassel and Sim, who play respectively Getafix and Geriatrix.
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